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The Office Politics Handbook by Jack Godwin
The Office Politics Handbook is for business executives, managers, consultants, lawyers, agents, editors, and anyone who wants to become more politically astute, more powerful, and more successful. This is not a book on political game playing; it is for people who hate power games but who know that politics takes place in every organization and want to make sure they wind up on top of the heap...not at the bottom of the barrel.
This book will explain why people are political animals, and why they engage in power-seeking behavior. It will also discuss different instruments of power to help you understand the cultural and collective forces at work in human nature, and the occasionally aggressive characteristics of the political animal.
The Office Politics Handbook will show you how to:
This book will explain why people are political animals, and why they engage in power-seeking behavior. It will also discuss different instruments of power to help you understand the cultural and collective forces at work in human nature, and the occasionally aggressive characteristics of the political animal.
The Office Politics Handbook will show you how to:
- Cultivate your political skill
- Exercise power beyond your place in the organizational chart
- Defend yourself against political attacks
- Know when to fight, when to retreat, and when to lead
Godwin, Jack: - Jack Godwin is a political scientist with extensive experience in business, government, and higher education spanning more than two decades and dozens of countries. He currently serves as Chief International Officer at California State University, Sacramento. He has a doctorate in political science from the University of Hawaii and degrees from San Francisco State University and the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Japan, Germany, and Hungary, and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Gabon.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781601632791 |
| ISBN 10 | 1601632797 |
| Title | The Office Politics Handbook |
| Author | Jack Godwin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Red Wheel/Weiser |
| Year published | 2013-09-27 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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